California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Campos, F068536 (Cal. App. 2015):
CALJIC No. 8.73 and CALCRIM No. 522 are pinpoint instructions which a trial court is not required to provide to the jury absent a defense request. (People v. Rogers (2006) 39 Cal.4th 826, 878-880.) It is undisputed that appellant's trial counsel did not make a request for one of these jury instructions. However, the defense theory was that appellant never intended to kill Rodriguez, and appellant acted either under a heat of passion or under the doctrine of imperfect self-defense.
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